Historical abortion statistics, Ningxia (PR China)

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Historical abortion statistics, Ningxia (PR China)

compiled by Wm. Robert Johnston
last updated 16 July 2026

Definition of table data (see notes after table for additional information):

Abortions, all to residents include all abortions obtained by prefecture residents.
Abortion ratio is abortions per 1000 live births.
Abortion % is abortions as percentage of pregnancies (excluding fetal deaths/miscarriages).

year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965	109,100
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972	121,600
1973	120,800
1974	112,500
1975	122,700
1976	109,600
1977	104,900
1978	104,000
1979	100,300
1980	102,300
1981	94,500
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988	110,300	8,800	79.8	7.39
1989
1990	114,400	25,200	220.3	18.05
1991	105,400	23,200	220.1	18.04
1992	97,900	21,500	219.6	18.01
1993
1994	99,100	14,900	150.4	13.07
1995
1996	99,100	8,900	89.8	8.24
1997
1998	97,900
1999
2000	91,400
2001	93,200
2002	93,900	30,884	328.9	24.75
2003	90,900	37,885	416.8	29.42
2004	93,900	38,258	407.4	28.95
2005	94,900	29,848	314.5	23.93
2006	93,800	34,281	365.5	26.77
2007	90,300	33,537	371.4	27.08
2008	88,400	70,852	801.5	44.49
2009	89,900	27,939	310.8	23.71
2010	89,500	37,457	418.5	29.50
2011	88,500	46,911	530.1	34.64
2012	87,400	45,512	520.7	34.24
2013	87,400	48,128	550.7	35.51
2014	88,800	73,407	826.7	45.26
2015	86,300	67,553	782.8	43.91
2016	95,100	68,349	718.7	41.82
2017	94,800	67,488	711.9	41.59
2018	94,600	69,319	732.8	42.29
2019	98,400	68,811	699.3	41.15
2020	83,600
2021	84,200
2022	77,200
2023	73,000
2024	80,000
2025
year	live births	abortions	abortion ratio	abortion %
year	live births	all to residents	all to residents	all to residents

Notes:

Live births are estimated from reported populations and raw birth rates.
Abortion data are generally estimated from reported abortion ratios and estimated live births and may be incomplete.

Sources:

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